And I realize momma really paid the price/She nearly gave her life, to raise me right

I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules/Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two

And in the end it seems I'm headin for tha pen/I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in the wind

And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough/And though we had it rough, we always had enough

First, I wanna say 'Peace to my mother. She's not here but I gotta give a 'peace out' to her because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my mother.

And all my childhood memories/Are full of all the sweet things you did for me/And even though I act craaazy/I gotta thank the Lord that you made me

Our relationship is very special. We were very much in love and still are. Thank God we found each other. When I say my life began with Ronnie, well, it's true…